Author: JJ McCoy

Boeing Service Co. has been awarded a $31.1 million contract modification to provide broadband data service to U.S. military and government  aircraft equipped with the Connexion by Boeing system, the...

RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., has released a new satellite channel simulator, the T400CS, the company announced July 30. The simulator emulates the channel characteristics...

iDirect Technologies Inc. will provide a satellite hub and 60 remote satellite routers to CrossSat Telecom Technology Co. Ltd., an independent oil and gas exploration group based in China, iDirect...

Direct-to-home operator Cyfrowy Polsat has acquired broadcast trucks that can broadcast in high definition, the company announced July 30. Polsat, claims to be the first TV provider in Poland to...

Vislink, a U.K.-based supplier of microwave radio and satellite transmission products for the broadcast and security markets, has acquired Focus Communications to boost its prospects in the U.S. technical services...

Britain-based home entertainment and computing retailer Laskys has extended its product offering to include satellite navigation devices and communication products such as docked telephones, two-way radios and fax machines, the...

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reported revenues of 311.9 million Canadian dollars ($298.4 million) in its 2007 second quarter, a 29 percent increase over the same period a year ago,...

Satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium reported revenues of 1.4 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in the first half of 2007, a 12 percent increase over revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion)...

Astro All Asia Networks, the leading pay-TV operator in Malaysia, will lease Ku-band capacity from Measat, the satellite operator announced July 26. Measat will provide Astro with use of up...

BSkyB saw a double-digit increase in overall revenues for the year that closed June 30, the company announced July 27. BSkyB posted revenues 4.6 billion British pounds ($9.3 billion), an...